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Learn Me Right | NeverQuiteAwake | (33/33) - 156.5k | Mar - Jul ‘21 | Series Ongoing
As a maiden of Vanaheim, Eirlys never expected to deviate from the path set before her. Her life takes an unanticipated turn when she becomes Queen Frigga's latest apprentice, and she finds herself at odds with an especially vexing Asgardian prince. Pre-Thor and onwards.
Note: (In honour of the impending release of the Loki miniseries and my sceptical optimism for it, I'm highlighting a few canon-adjacent Loki works that can pass the time between new episodes or, if you're like me, distract from new content long enough to miss the first wave of inevitable Discourse.)
This first entry in The Shieldmaiden Saga by NeverQuiteAwake was actually completed in early 2014 on FanFiction.Net, which lists the completion dates of two subsequent sequels as October 2014 and July 2017 respectively. I'd only recently learned of it though, when in March of 2021 NeverQuiteAwake began publication of an edited, M-Rated iteration of Learn Me Right on AO3. I've committed to avoid spoiling myself with the finished work, and have thus far deeply ejoyed their depiction of the trials a young seidr scholar might face among our favourite Asgardians. Not to mention NQA's updates have been so frequent I've been able savour the anticipation of a new chapter without dreading that the author might suddenly abandon the story.
- Author's Page on FanFiction.net | Series on AO3 -
The sky glimmered with the warmth of daybreak. Hands curled in the tangle of bedclothes, I blinked away the weariness that threatened to steal away the vision that lay before me. Like a child at play, the sun slowly peeked over the horizon, basking all that it could touch. A spectrum of reds and yellows lit the sky, the colours spilling across the rolling hills and sprawling woods. The lands of Vanaheim looked to be aglow in fire.
With a wistful smile, I clambered out of bed and padded onto the balcony. Leaning on the balustrade, I tilted my face upwards to revel in the burgeoning warmth of the sun. Autumn was upon Vanaheim, and soon the clouds would take up residence in the skies above. I’d awakened to watch the sun’s ascent, the dawning of a new day, for what would be the last time in a long while. Many months would pass before I’d be able to witness such beauty again.
A soft knock at my bedchamber door pulled me away from the sight. “Enter!”
The door opened to reveal my handmaiden, her eyes bright and cheery. It was a wonder, how she was able to awaken before me every day. And my father calls me an early riser. “A fine morning, is it not, my lady?” Arlessa said, bustling about my room to prepare my attire for the day.
“Yes, lovely indeed,” I sighed. “I will miss it. The rains will be coming soon, no doubt.”
Arlessa hummed in agreement as she went rifling through my wardrobe. She selected a sleeveless apricot-coloured dress—one of my more practical garments. “Your father bid me to tell you that he has gone to greet Queen Frigga at the Bifrost site.”
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Kingdom Come
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by NeverQuiteAwake
Months after defeating their deadliest foe, Eirlys and Loki are drawn back into adversity when the Convergence begins. Along with the Asgardians, they must work together to thwart the greatest threat the Nine Realms has ever seen.
Starts during Thor: The Dark World (2014) and continues onwards.
Words: 7369, Chapters: 1/19, Language: English
Series: Part 3 of Shieldmaiden Saga
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Original Characters, Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Sif (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Fandral (Marvel), Volstagg (Marvel), Hogun (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Maria Hill, Clint Barton, Amora (Marvel), Faradei (Marvel), Malekith (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Erik Selvig, Surtur (Marvel)
Relationships: Loki/Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Injury, some smut, Established Relationship, starts during the events of Thor: The Dark World (2014), Implied/Referenced Torture, Cross-Posted on FanFiction.Net, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
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neverquiteawake replied to your post “MUN POST TIME!”
agreed a+
// Im glad im not the only one thinking this...
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Body Moving (don’t leave the party dying)
In hiding. That was best for everyone right now. Time to cool down. T’Challa had offered Steve’s ragtag Avengers group asylum in his country (being friends with the King definitely had its perks), and though Rogers encouraged everyone to seek some kind of reprieve until the next big world disaster drew them out of the woodworks, he couldn’t follow his own advice.
Wakanda was beautiful, don’t get him wrong. It had a feral breath to it, jungles shivering with life. He spent his first day of R&R on one of the palace’s many balconies, sketch journal in hand, trying to recreate the stunning curved trees heavy with humidity, but every time he tried to focus on one small sliver of the jungle, its depths revealed an overwhelming complexity. He could pick up incredible detail with a glance, like a snapped picture stored in a file cabinet on the edge of his limbic system, but Wakanda’s intricate environment left him grasping for a focal point. Any other time, he would’ve been able to prioritize the images, sensory overload quelled for the sake of survival. But he had nothing to survive, only—
Solid metal jarring his knuckles. Concentrated pulse of heat burning against his chest. The light in the middle of Stark’s sternum, flickering, weakly, and the look in his eyes.
Steve set the journal aside, stuck his thumb in the pocket of his jeans. His legs dangled haphazardly off the side of the concrete ledge he sat on.
“He’s my friend.”
“So was I.”
Soft noise of distress. Steve ran a hand through his hair, brushed away humid locks stuck to his forehead. Motion had kept him sane, sturdy. Moving forward left no room for looking back, but those quiet moments of pause made his stomach clench.
Steve was right, though. He knew he was right, like some extra organ in his chest thumped with urgency when he was faced with a moral decision. He’d never accepted Bucky as a villain. Never would. It didn’t matter what the rest of the world thought, that the rest of the world only saw twisted pieces of his friend. Steve’s experience wasn’t a hunch, it wasn’t idealized hope or misguided trust. Even when Bucky was beating his face in on a Helicarrier, merciless in his vicious tirade, something in him knew.
That didn’t stop him from feeling troubled—from staring out into the jungle like he deserved to feel that nervous knot of anxiety choke up his throat.
No one ever said doing the right thing was easy.
He rescued his team from the Raft. Sent a flip-phone to Tony (a friendly jab, in a way, in the hopes that the billionaire playboy would get a kick out of relying on “ancient” technology to communicate). He wanted to seek out Bucky, see how his arm was doing, assess his current mental state (buy him a beer, sling an arm around his shoulders, talk about Coney Island and lose himself in a past he swore he’d left behind). But he was anchored. Lost in the quick-fire succession of thoughts peppering holes in his conscience.
He didn’t know how to relax. Didn’t know who he was without another mission demanding the reflexive soldier personality he’d inhabited ever since he’d woken from the ice.
Jesus, what he’d give to get drunk right about then.
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Between Two Points
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by NeverQuiteAwake
Following a devastating attack on her home, Eirlys finds herself travelling to Earth in search of those responsible. Once there, she and those closest to her are called upon by the mortals to fight a foe who they cannot hope to face alone.
Words: 6741, Chapters: 1/28, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of Shieldmaiden Saga
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Original Characters, Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Sif (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Fandral (Marvel), Volstagg (Marvel), Hogun (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Amora (Marvel), Faradei (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Thanos (Marvel)
Relationships: Loki/Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Mentions of Blood, very brief smut in the beginning, Lovers to enemies to lovers, Implied/Referenced Torture, Mostly AU with canon elements, starts during the events of the Avengers (2012), Cross-Posted on FanFiction.Net
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Between Two Points
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3Bpl1eq
by NeverQuiteAwake
Following a devastating attack on her home, Eirlys finds herself travelling to Earth in search of those responsible. Once there, she and those closest to her are called upon by the mortals to fight a foe who they cannot hope to face alone.
Words: 6741, Chapters: 1/28, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of Shieldmaiden Saga
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Original Characters, Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Sif (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Fandral (Marvel), Volstagg (Marvel), Hogun (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Darcy Lewis, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Amora (Marvel), Faradei (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Thanos (Marvel)
Relationships: Loki/Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Mentions of Blood, very brief smut in the beginning, Lovers to enemies to lovers, Implied/Referenced Torture, Mostly AU with canon elements, starts during the events of the Avengers (2012), Cross-Posted on FanFiction.Net
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3Bpl1eq
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